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| == The concept == | | {{Lens |
| * How does it fit in with the goals of enlightenment?
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| * How do Systems exercises help with this goal? | | |AdditionalOverview=Special Composition is about recognizing relationships in a way that makes it easier to embrace [[Adaptation]] and {{Credo|Adaptation}}. Examples are given below, but a very simple example is a highway. |
| ** Understanding the relationship between our center of consciousness and the universe as a whole | | * A highway |
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| | ** With four or more lanes |
| * How to approach each of these exercises | | ** Some are going in the same direction |
| ** Play with your own perception, seeing systems in different ways, especially moving between each level of systems | | ** Some are going in the opposite direction |
| *** individual parts - Notice they are discrete and autonomous in their own way - A rock is its own thing, disconnected from the other rocks in a pile. | | * On the highway are vehicles |
| *** two or more individual parts - How do they relate and compare and contrast; how do they work together; what connects them and separates them | | ** Some vehicles are traveling in the same direction |
| *** similarities and differences between the following, noting how a system is composed and connected to other systems | | ** Some are traveling in the opposite direction |
| **** specialized systems (cars driving in one direction together) | | ** Some are similar (red cars) |
| **** parallel systems (two lanes of cars) | | ** Some are different (cars vs semi-trucks) |
| **** opposing systems (two directions of traffic) | |
| **** "ecology" - many systems that are loosely related (light poles, sidewalks and streets)
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| == Walking ==
| | This is really just a starting point to understand the concept. If you find yourself noticing Special Composition, relax your mind and experience the following types of things. |
| [[File:20230528 104437.jpg|alt=Empty street with sidewalks|thumb|400x400px|An example of multiple connected systems in an empty street with sidewalks.]]
| | * Play with your own perception, seeing systems in different ways, especially moving between the different systems you see (highway and vehicles) |
| There are many exercises you can do while [[Walking]], including the following Connected Systems concepts.
| | * Within a system, notice there are parts (lanes, individual cars). Feel that they are just "parts" - they aren't the whole picture. |
| Depending on where you walk, you will be able to use things like
| | * Notice how easy and arbitrary it is to divide and combine things into systems that work together. This is an important step in understanding [[Adaptation]]. |
| * Trees - individuals, clusters, trees of the same species, etc.
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| * Sidewalks and the grass next to them, parallel to the road, parallel to the sidewalk across the street | | |Sort=Lens_S01500 |
| * Streetlights - alongside the sidewalks, in the grass, lighting the street
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| * Telephone poles - similar to the streetlights, but not the same at all
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| * [[People]] walking in the same direction, and in the opposite direction
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| == Driving ==
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| <span style="color:red">Warning: Never do any Meditative or Mindful exercise if it makes you less attentive to your driving!</span>
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| * Cars moving with you - all one system, but all individual cars | |
| * Cars moving against you vs with you - two separate systems with opposing objectives, but at the same time, part of the same system of traffic flowing
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| * Notice other Systems and combinations of Systems, very similar to what you would notice when [[#Walking|Walking]]. | |
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